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October 23, 2019
California was a paid leave pioneer — now it’s time for Congress to act
As a pediatrician and scientist, I have spent my academic career researching social factors affecting health and health equity for children and families, including paid…
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October 4, 2019
“Bankruptcy or Death”: Grey’s Anatomy on “Options” for Workers without Paid Leave
Grey’s Anatomy, the longest running primetime medical show in television history, has helped shine a light on pressing social issues, including the emotional damage and…
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October 3, 2019
A Win for Sick and Safe Leave Benefits in San Antonio
Statement from Family Values @ Work Co-Directors Ellen Bravo and Wendy Chun-Hoon on the Win for Sick and Safe Leave Benefits in San Antonio "Today's…
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September 26, 2019
Bipartisan Majority, Like Voters, Supports Paid Leave
Statement by Family Values @ Work Co-Directors Ellen Bravo and Wendy Chun-Hoon "On September 25, the United States Senate took its first ever vote on paid…
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September 23, 2019
Wins Matter
It started as a pain in her wrist. Marilyn Washington, a home care provider in San Antonio, Texas, began to notice the ache after several…
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September 16, 2019
Family Values @ Work’s 2019 GameChanger Award Winners
The paid leave movement has seen tremendous progress this year - from adoption of a paid sick and safe leave ordinance in Dallas, to two…
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August 19, 2019
Soraya Chemaly Will Emcee GameChanger Awards
Soraya Chemaly is a woman who understands that women’s rage doesn’t cloud our thinking; “properly understood, it is an astoundingly clarifying emotion.” I was proud…
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July 30, 2019
What Voters Need to Hear in These Debates
By Danielle Atkinson and Wendy Chun-Hoon We’ve noticed a pattern among debate moderators and reporters — they avoid asking questions on topics where they assume…
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July 15, 2019
Stand Together for Immigrant Families
By Ellen Bravo My mother’s mother arrived at Ellis Island in the early 1900s as an unaccompanied minor, a teenager alone who spoke no English…
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July 15, 2019
Family Values @ Work Denounces Racist ICE Raids
Family Values @ Work denounces the administration’s use of unlawful and racist ICE raids to tear our families and our communities apart, as well as…
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